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THOMAS Sl-IIRES WILES, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOALONZO PELTON ADAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,292, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed November 8 1876x (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SHIREs WILEs, of thevcity of Albany, in thecounty of Al- .bany and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful lmprovem cuts in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accoinpanyin g drawings.

This invention relates to machines in which the ironing of articles ofclot h is accomplished by means of a roller or rollers adapted to beheated internally and having a hard smooth surface, and hereinaftercalled an ironingroller or ironing-rollers, and turned with and againstanother roller or rollers, hereinafter called aelothed roller or clothedrollers, and having an elastic covering with an outer surface of smoothcotton cloth or other suitable fabric or materal, which will not slip soeasily as the ironing-roller or ironing-rollers upon damp articles ofcloth,and will control the movements of the latter in passing betweenthe rollers in being ironed thereby, and which covering will yield tohems, seams, and other thick parts of the articles, so as to therebymaterially prevent injurious conipressionand strain thereof, andequalize the ironing action of the rollers upon the thick and the thinparts of the articles.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of one side; Fig. 2,an elevation of the other side, partly in broken section; Fig. 3, anelevation of the feeding-in end; and Fig. 4, an elevation of thedischarging end, all of an ironing-machine whichembodies the principalparts of this invention. Fig. 5 is a plan of the same machine, theupperclothed roller being removed. Fig. (i is acentral vertical sectionof the same machine, showing the clothed rollers in working contact withthe ironing-rollers, the same as is the casein Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4:.Fig. 7 is alike central vertical section of the same machine with someaddi tions and modifications, and showing the two clothed rollers awayfrom the ironing-rollers. Figs. 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 15, and 16represent, on a smaller scale, central vertical sections ofmodifications of some of the parts of this invention, the frames forsupporting and devices for turning and moving the rollers being omitted.

Like parts are marked by like letters in the dilferent figures, and thearrows therein in dicate the directions in which the adjacent parts moveor are movable when in use.

A is a stationary frame, which supports the other parts, and may haveany suitable construction.

B and O are two clothed rollers having soft elastic surfaces of anysuitable construction, and arranged apart, opposite, and parallel,and,by general preference, one over the other.

In Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, D is an ironing-roller arrangedbetween, parallel to, and against the two clothed rollers B and O, whichare to be pressed with a yielding force against the ironing-roller andturned with the latter, so that the contiguous surfaces shall move inthe same direction and at the same or different speeds to produce alusterless or a glossy finish on damp articles of cloth passing betweenthe rollers.

In Figs. 15 and 16 andin the machine represented by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, and 7, D D are two ironing-rollers arranged between and against andrevolved with the two yielding clothed rollers B and C, so that suitablearticles of cloth of various thicknesses in different parts can bepassed at one direct. progressive operation between the cloth-ed rollerB and the two ironing-rollers D andD', and thereby evenly ironed twiceon one and the same side in direct and immediate or quick turned over,he passed in a reverse directionat one direct progressive operationthrough between the other clothed roller C and the same twoironingrollers D D, and thereby twice evenly ironed on the other side.

In Figs. 5, G, 7, and 15, E is aguidearranged between the twoironing-rollers D D'andalong the clothed roller 13, and E is a guidearranged between the same two ironing-rollers and along the clothedroller 0, so that the forward ends of bent, short, or limpsy articlesintroduced, passed through, and issuing from between the ironing-rollersD and the clothed roller B shall be prevented by the guide E fromfollowing along the roller D to andbetween the latter and the clothedroller 0, and shall be directed by the guide E along the IOC clothedroller B to and between the latter and the ironing-roller D ,and so thatthe forward ends of articles issuing from between the ironing-roller Dand the clothed roller C shall be conducted therefrom along the latterroller by the guide E to and introduced between the ironing-roller D andthe clothed roller 0.

In ironing some starched articles by means of the clothed rollersB G andthe intervening rollers D D, the guides. E E can be dispensed with whenthe rollers D D are sufficiently close together, as in Fig. 16.

In Figs. 5,6, 7, s, 9,11,12, 13,14, and 15, F is a guide applied to theupper delivering side of the ironing-roller D or D, so that articlesironed on the under side by and issuing from between the upper clothedroller B and the ironingroller or ironingrollers, and thereby more orless bent or curved toward the delivering ironing-roller, shall be, bythe guide F, bent back or straightened in a good degree and conductedaway and prevented, in Opposition to the downward bending andgravitation of the articles, from passing direct-ly between the sameironing-roller or ironing-rollers and the lower clothed roller 0 withthe ironed side of the articles next to the ironing-roller orironing-rollers.

In the machine represented by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and inFigs. 9, 10, ll, 13, 14, and 15, an active moving feeding device isarranged, so that suitable collars, cuffs, and other articles of clothpassed between and ironed on one side by the ironing-roller D orironing-rollers D D and the clothed roller B, and delivered therefromupon the said feeding device with the ironed side of the articlesundermost, will be carried by the said feeding device to and passed in areverse direction through between the same ironing-roller orironing-rollers and the lower clothed roller 0, and thereby ironed onthe other side. This feeding device may have any suitable construction.In Fig. 11 it consists of several rollers 0, arranged in a plane andbearing on a turning endless band a, which bears against the clothedroller C, and is thereby turned, so that the rollers a are all turned inthe same direction as the roller 0 and with the same surface speed asthat roller.

I generally prefer to have the feeding device consist, mainly, of anendless turningapron G, of muslin or other suitable fabric or material.In Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 9this apron G extends around an idle-pulley b andthe clothed roller 0, and is thereby turned with the same surface speedas that roller. In Figs. 10, 13, 14, and 15 the apron G extends aroundan idle-pulley b and a driving-pulley c, which is to be turned by anysuitable gearing with the same surface speed as the roller 0.

ironing-rollers and the clothed roller 0, and in properly deliveringsuch articles upon the reversely-moving rollers a, or apron G, whenused, I arrange in connection with the guide F and the rollers B, O,andD or D D, and in respect to the feeding-rollers C6 or apron G, whenused, a roller H, Fig. 13, or two rollers H H, Figs. 4, 6, 12, and 14,or three rollers H H H Fig. 7, each havinga smooth'surface of paper,cloth, or any suitable material and a surface speed substantially thesame as that of the roller B. In Fig. 13 the roller H is against theclothed roller 13, so as to be turned by contact with the latter. Therollers H H in Figs. 4, 6, 12, and 14, and H H H in Fig. 7 are gentlypressed together by the weight of the roller H, and are to be turned byany suitable gearing, and, although generally of importance, may bedispensed with, as indicated in Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, and 16 inironing suitable stiff articles under moderate pressure.

The combination of the elastic clothed roller B, ironing roller orrollers D or D D, guide F, and rollers H H, with or without the roller HFig. 7, constitutes a useful mechanism by which very thick collars andcuffs can be powerfully compressed and ironed, so that as they shallissue from between the clothed and ironing rollers the articles will bebent or curved toward the delivering ironing-roller, but will bematerially straightened by the guide F and rollers H H.

In the machine represented by Figs. 1, 2, 3,-

4, 5, 6, and 7, and in Fig. 14, I is an endless apron arranged below theclothed roller 0 and extended around a driving-pulley d and anidle-pulley d in Fig. 6, and idle-pulleys cl d in Figs. 7 and 14, andturned with substantially the same surface speed as the roller 0; and J,Figs. 6 and 7, is a guide arranged along the clothed roller 0 andbetween the ironingroller D and the apron I, so that articles of clothpassing between the clothed roller 0 and the ironing-roller orironing-rollers will be received by the apron I and thereby conductedback under the roller 0, so that a person can conveniently take thearticles from the apron I and again pass them between the roller 0 andthe ironing-roller D or rollers D D, or lay them away, as may berequired.

In case the articles issuing from between the clothed roller 0 and theironing-roller D are stifi and curved or. bent upward or toward theroller D, or do not follow the roller 0, the guide J is of muchimportance in conducting the articles from the roller D to the endlessapron I; but in other cases the guide J may be omitted when the apron Iextends along the discharge side of the roller 0 to near the roller D,as shown in Figs. 7 and 14.

In Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, and 15 the guide J, as well as the guide Jin Figs. 6 and 7, serves to prevent any articles that shall issue inupwardly-curved form from between the clothed roller 0 and theironing-roller D from coiling or following around the latter roller IIOvery successfully used alone in ironingarticles of cloth, the latterbeing in such case fed by hand between the clothed roller and theironing-roller or ironing-rollers, and the articles thereby ironed onone side being returned by the apron I into convenient position to beagain fed by hand between the same clothed and ironing rollers.

By the combination of the feeding-apron G, clothed roller 0, andironing-roller D or ironing-rollers D D, and the return deliveryapron Iwith the guide J, as above specified, and clearly shown in Figs. 6 and7, suitable articles of cloth can be ironed on one side with facility bymerely placing them on the apron G, which will feed the articles betweenthe clothed roller 0 and the ironing-roller-or ironing-rollers, fromwhence the articles will be received by the apron I and thereby returnedunder the apron G and in convenient position to be removed therefrom andagain placed by hand on the apron G to be ironed on the other side.

By the combination of the two clothed rollers B O, interveningironing-roller D or ironing-rollersD D, endless feeding-apron G, andreturn delivery-apron I, with or without one or more of the guides E E FJ, and rollers H H H as above specified, suitable articles of cloth ofvarious thickness in different parts can be evenly ironed first on oneside and next on the other side all at one automatic operation byinserting such articles Z in proper damp condition between the elasticroller B and the ironing-roller or ironing-rollers, which will then ironthe articles on one side, and from which the articles thus partly ironedwill be received by the endless apron G and thereby fed in the reversedirection between the same ironing-roller or ironingrollers and theclothed roller C, which will iron the articles on the other side, andfrom which the articles thus ironed oh both sides will be received bythe apron I, and thereby delivered at the same side of the machine asthe feeding-apron G and in convenient position to be taken off andexamined by a person at that side without interfering with a personengaged at the other side of the machine in introducing the articlesbetween the clothed roller B and the ironing-roller or ironin g rollers.

Each of the guides E, E, and J in the machine represented by Figs. 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 has its body in open-work form, or with slots e, Figs.3 and 5, therein, so that the steam which is expelled from the damparticles in being ironed shall have free escape through the body of eachguide and not condense thereon, to the great injury of the ironedsurface of the articles passing along the guide.

Each of these guides has at its ends pivots e, which are supported'bysuitable bearings e so that the Weight of the guide shall gently pressthe thin edge thereof against the deliveryside of the ironing-roller towhich it is applied.

-In the machine shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 the two clothedrollers B and G are connected with a driving-shaft K by a set ofgearing, so as to be positively turned with substantially equal surfacespeed, and the two ironing-rollers D and D are connected with the samedriving-shaft K by another set of gearing, which gives equal surfacespeed to the two ironing-rollers.

The gearing which connects the two rollers B O with the shaft K is shownby Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, and consists of a pinion f, secured to theshaft K and gearing into a spur-wheel g, that is mounted to turn on astud h, and is secured to a pinion i, which gears into a spurwheel L,that is mounted to turn on a stud j and gears into a spur-wheel M,.faston the shaft of the clothed roller 0, and the spurwheel L also gearsinto a spur-wheel j, that is mounted to turn on a stud j and gears intoa spur-wheel O, that is mounted to turn on a stud 7' and gears into aspur-Wheel P, fast on the shaft of the clothed roller B.

The endless apron I is turned with about the same surface motion as theclothed rollers B and C by a spur-wheel Z, Figs; land 5, secured to theshaft K and gearing with a spur-wheel Z, that is mounted to turn on astud Z and gears into a spur-wheel Z fast on the shaft of thedriving-rollerd of the apron.

Rotary motion is communicated from the driving-shaft K to theironing-rollers D D by a pinion m, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, secured to theshaft K and gearing into a spur-wheel n, that is mounted to turn on astud n, and is secured to a pinion q, that gears into a spurwheel 70,that is mounted on a stud 1c and gears into a spur-wheel I0 that is on astud k and gears with a wheel IV, fast on the shaft of the roller D andgearing into a wheel is, that turns on a stud k and gears into a wheelW, fast on the, shaft of the roller D.

The delivery-rollers H H H Fig. 7, are turned with substantially thesame surface speed as the rollers B Oby means of a pinion r, Fig. 2,which gears into the spur-wheel 10 and is fast on a rotary shaft 1*,Figs. 6 and 7, which has fast on it a pinion r that gears into a pinions, which is mounted to turn on a stud s and gears into a pinion 5 thatis fast on the roller H and gears into a pinion 5 which is fast on thegravitating roller H, and in Fig. 7 gears into a pinion 8 fast on theroller H The two sets of gearing by which the shaft K gives independentrotary motion to the two clothed rollers B O and to the intermedi ,ateironing-rollers D D are shown in the drawings so arranged andproportioned as to ITO give substantially the same surface speed to theironing-rollers as to the clothed rollers, so that the ironing-rollersshall give a lusterless or domestic finish to the articles passedbetween the rollers.

In order that the gearing may be readily changed, so thattheironing-rollersD D shall be turned at a faster surface speed than theclothed rollers B C, so as to give a glossyfinish or polish to thearticles passed between the rollers, the pinion m is fastened to theshaftK by any suitable well-known means, so that the pinion m can bereadily removed from that shaft and apinion of larger diameter securedin its place thereon, as indicated by dotted lines at m, Fig. 2, and thewheel n is pinned or secured to the pinion q, so that it can be detachedtherefrom and a smaller spurwheel (indicated by dotted lines at 02 Fig.2) of suitable size to gear with the substituted pinion m can befastened to the pinion q in place of the wheel n. The surface speed ofthe two clothed rollers B (3 can also be changed without altering thatof the intervening ironing-roller or ironing-rollers by means of thepinion f, which is made changeable on the shaft K for another pinion ofsmaller or larger diameter, as indicated by dotted lines at f in Fig. 1,and the spur-wheel g, which is removable from the pinion t' andchangeable in connection therewith for another of proper different size(indicated by dotted lines at g) to gear with the substituted pinion fon the shaft K. 7

By connecting the two clothed rollers B O with the driving-shaft K byone set of changeable gearing and connecting the interveningironing-roller D or ironing-rollers D D with the same driving-shaft byanother set of changeable gearing, substantially as above described, thespeed of the clothed rollers can be altered so that they will be turnedeither at a very slow rate suitable for ironing very thick articles orat different faster rates, as shall be desirable or necessary in ironingthinner articles of various different thicknesses, and at the same timethe speed of the ironing-roller orironing-rollers can bechanged so as toturn either at the same surface speed as the clothed rollers to give alusterless finish or at a different or faster surface speed than theclothed rollers to produce a glossy or polished surface on each side ofthe articles whatever shall be the speed of the clothed rollers, and allwithout altering the speed of the said driving-shaft.

The surface speed of the delivering-rollers H H, Fig. 6, or H H H Fig.7, can be made to equal that of the clothed roller B in all changes inthe speed of the latter by changing the wheels 4* and s for others ofsuitable different relative diameters or by having the shaft r extendthrough the other side of the frame and gear with the spur-wheel j, Fig.1, bya pinion (indicated by dotted lines at W) instead of gearing theshaft 0 with the spurwheel M, Fig. 2, by the pinion r.

The shafts t t of the ironing-rollers D D are mounted to turn instationary journalboxes 15 t Fig. 1. These journal-boxes are removableand fastened inthe frame by common detachable caps and screws, asindicated in Figs. 1 and 3, so that either one or the other,

' or both, of the ironing-rollers D D can be read ily removedfrom andreplaced in the machine. The shafts a a, Fig. 2, of the clothed rollersB O are mounted to turn in journal-boxes 10 u which are fitted to slideup and down in ways 10* a in the frame A. so that the rollers B O can bemoved and adjusted against the intervening rollers D D for use inironing articles, as in Fig. 6, and can be moved and set away from thesame ironing-rollers, as in Fig. 7, to prevent the latter from burningthe covering of the clothed rollers when the ironing-rollers are heated,while articles are not being passed between the rollers or the rollersare not revolving.

The spur-wheels L and 0, Fig. 1, arearranged so as to be constantly ingear with the spur-wheels M and P, that are fast on the shafts 'u/ u ofthe clothed rollers C and B when each of those rollers is in contactwith the intervening ironing-rollers D D, as shown in Fig. 6, and thewheels M and P are then in the positions represented in full lines inFig. 1, and also when the rollers B O are moved away from theironing-rollers, as shown in Fig. 7, and the wheels M andP are in thepositions indicated by dotted lines M P in Fig. 1.

The clothed roller 0 is raised to and pressed with an adjustableyielding force against the ironing-rollers D D by means of two weightedlevers Q, connected by two rods 0 with two levers N, upon which bear thejournal-boxes a of that clothed roller. The levers Q are pivoted at q tothe frame A, and their long arms areconnected together by a frame (1with removable weights g thereon. The rods 0 have right and left screwadjustments 0', and are pivoted at v to the short arms of the leversQand at 7." to the levers N, which are pivoted to the frame A at InFigs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 the weighted levers Q press the roller 0 againstthe rollers D D with a yielding force, which can be made greater or lessby adding or taking off one or more of the weights (1 By raising thelong arms of the levers Q, as in Fig. 7, the roller 0 is lowered awayfrom the rollers D D.

The clothed roller B is pressed against the ironingrollers D D with ayielding force by means of the rods 19, Fig. 3, secured at top to thejournal-boxes a of the roller B, and connected together at the lowerpart by a frame 19', having separate removable weights 19 so that theyielding force with which the roller B will be pressed against theironing-rollers shall be increased and lessened by adding weights to andtaking them from the connecting-frame 1o The rods 19 have right and leftscrew adjustments at 11 and are connected at p to the levers Q, ashereinafter more fully IIO described, so that by elevating the long armsof the latter, as shown in Fig. 7, the roller B will be raised away fromthe rollers D D, as represented in that figure, and so that 11pondepressingthe levers Q to the position shown in Fig. 6 the roller B willbe lowered so as to bear against the rollers D D, and will then bepressed against the latter rollers by the weighted rods 19, whether thelevers Q shall or shall not have connection with the roller 0, as abovedescribed.

It is very important that the clothed rollers B and 0 shall beseparately pressed against the intervening ironing-roller orironing-rollers by independent yielding devices, and it is also ofconsequence that the movement of one of the clothed rollers to and fromthe ironing-roller or ironing-rollers shall cause or be attended by acorresponding movement of the other clothed roller. To accomplish thistwofold object the weighted rods 1) and levers Q are loosely connectedtogether by any suitable means-as, for example, by having through eachof the rods 1) an opening 00, Fig. 1, of much larger size in thevertical direction than the studs or pivots x, by which the rods 19 andlevers Q are connected together, so that those levers may have a shortmovement without acting on the rods 13, and so that when the rollers Band 0 shall be in contact with the ironing-rollers D D the weighted rodsp shall not bear down on the levers Q and the weighted levers Q shallnot bear down on the rods 19.

For convenience in raising, supporting, and lowering the long arms ofthe levers Q, I combine therewith a Windlass R, having a shaft y mountedto turn in the frame A and secured by flexible connections 3 to the longarms of the levers Q and furnished with a hand-Wheel a, ratchet-wheel z,and pawl 2 furnished with a shifting weight 2 so that by turning theWindlass in one direction the long arms of the levers Q, will beelevated so as to remove theclothed rollers B G from theironing-rollers, as in Fig. 7, in which action and position the weightof the roller 0 tends to counterbalance the weight of the roller B, andin which position the rollers B G will be retained by the weighted pawl2 .2 when the latter shall be engaged with the ratchet-z", as indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 2, and so that bydisengaging thepawl from theratchetwheel, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, the weighted levers Q,will turn the Windlass in the opposite direction, and cause with therods 1) the movement and pressure of the two clothed rollers B U to andagainst the intervening ironing-rollers.

In all cases the ironing-roller or ironingrollers should be hollow andmade of castiron or other suitable metal or material, and heatedinternally by burning therein gas or mixed gas and air, or by anysuitable means, and can be heated very successfully by the use ofburners of the kind described in United States Letters Patent No.165,775, dated July 20, 1875.

S is an idle-roller journaled in two arms S, Fig. 5, that are pivoted tothe frame A at w. The roller S,Figs. 6 and 7, hears by its weight on theapron G, and thus gives tension to the latter, and permits it to yieldand conform to the up and down movements of the roller 0. To prevent theapron Gfrom bearing against the roller D when the roller G shall bedepressed, as in Fig. 7, two levers X, of which only one is shown inFig. 7, may be pivoted at X to the frame A, and have their lower armsconnected by a rod Y, extending across and over the apron G, and theirupper arms extended between and operated by pins projecting at Y fromthe rods 19. Suitable tension is imparted to the apron I, Figs. 6 and 7,

by means of the idle-roller T, which bears by its gravity on the apronI, and is journaled in two arms T, that are pivoted to the frame at 20.As a means of conveniently adjusting the apron Gto run truly around theroller C, an idle-roller U, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, is journaled at one endto the frame at 10 Fig. 5, and at the other end in an arm U, that ispivoted to the frame at 10 and has a screwnnt 0, through which extendsan adjusting hand-screw U that is mounted to turn with out endwisemovement in a socket at 0 Fig. 5. To adjust the apron I to run truly, anidle-roller V, Figs. 6 and 7, is journaled at one end to the frame A,and at the other end in an arm V, which is pivoted to the frame at h,and has a nut 72?, through which is fitted an adj usting-screw V that ismounted to turn in a socket at h By inspecting Figs. 1, 2, and 6 it willbe seen that the roller D,having the detachable journal-boxes 15 t canbe removed from the machine without in any way altering the position orthe action of the other ironing-roller D in its above-describedcombination with the two clothed rollers and other parts of the machine.It will also be seen that when the one rollerD only is thus left in themachine (shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) the clothed rollers Band O,guide F,rollers H H, reverse feeding-apron G, conducting-guide J,return delivery-apron I, the gearing for revolving the rollers, and thedevices for removing the clothed rollers from and pressing them againstthe ironing roller or rollers, as above described, all remain and acttogether in combination with that one ironing-roller exactly the same aswhen the two ironingrollers were present without any modification of anyof the parts of that machine.

In case but one ironing-roller shall be employed and shall be arrangeddiametrically between and in combination with the two clothed rollers,as in Fig. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 14, and in combination with an endlessfeeding-apron G, as in Fig. 9, 10, or 14, guiderollers H H, as in Fig.12 or 14, and a returning-apron I, as in Fig. 14, the several rollersand aprons can be rotated and operated, substantially as hereinbeforeset forth, by gearing and devices like or similar to those hereinbeforedescribed for the like purposes, some of the parts being modified inpositions and dimensions to suit the change in position of theironing-roller and guide-rollers in respect to the clothed rollers.Indeed, in carrying out my present invention,each of the clothedrollers, ironing-rollers, guide-rollers, and en dless aprons can berotated, as hereinbefore set' forth, by any suitable known gearing ordevices.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the two clothed rollers,the two ironing-rollers, each between and against the two clothedrollers, the guides E E, and the work receiving and feeding endlessapron, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the two clothed rollers, an ironing-roller betweenand against the two clothed rollers, the guide F, applied to saidironing-roller, and the work receiving and feeding endless apron belowsaid guide, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the two clothed rollers, the two ironing rollers,each between and against the two clothed rollers, the guides E and E,the guide F, and the work receiving and feeding endless apron,substantially as described.

4. The combination of the two clothed rollers, an ironing-roller betweenand against the two clothed rollers, the guide F, applied to theironing-roller, the rollers H H, and the work receiving and feedingapron, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the two clothed rollers, the two ironing-rollersbetween and against the two clothed rollers, the guides E E, the rollersH H, and the feeding-apron, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the two clothed rollers, an ironing-roller betweenand against the two clothed rollers, the guide F, applied to theironing-roller, the rollers H H, the auxiliary roller H and the workreceiving and feeding apron, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the two clothed rollers, the two ironingrollersbetween and against the two clothed rollers, the guides E E, the guideF, the rollers H H, the auxiliary roller H and the work receiving andfeeding apron, substantially as described.

8. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the clothed roller 0 andthe two ironingrollers over and against the clothed roller, of the guideE, guide J, and the apron I, extending under the clothed roller and nextto the guide J, substantially as set forth.

9. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the clothed roller 0 andthe two ironingrollers over and against said clothed roller, of thefeeding-apron, the guide E, the guide J, and the return delivery-apron1, extending under the clothed roller and next to the guide J,substantially as set forth.

10. The combination, with the two clothed rollers andthetwoironing-rollers between and against the two clothed rollers, of the workreceiving and feeding apron, the guides E and E, the guide J, and thereturning-apron I, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with the two clothed rollers and an ironing-rollerbetween and against the clothed rollers, of the guide-rollers H H, thework receiving and feeding apron, the guide J, and the returning-apronI, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the two clothed rollers and the twoironing-rollers, each between and against the two clothed rollers, ofthe guide-rollers H H, the work receiving and feeding apron, the guidesE E, the guide J, and the returning-apron I, substantially as described.

13. In an ironing-machine, the combination of the two ironing-rollers DD, having fixed journal-bearings in a stationary frame, the two clothedrollers B 0, arranged on opposite sides of the ironing-rollers and witheach clothed roller against each of said ironingrollers and movable insaid frame away from and toward the ironing-rollers, and the two guidesE E, separately pivoted to said stationary frame and applied to saidironingrollers and extending between the said iron ing-rollers and alongthe said clothed rollers, substantially as set forth.

14:. The combination of the two clothed rollers, the twoironing-rollers, each between and against the two clothed rollers, theguides E and E the guide F, the rollers H H, and the work receiving andfeeding endless apron, substantially as described.

15. The combination, with a clothed roller and an ironing-roller overand against said clothed roller, of the return delivery'apron I,extending under said clothed roller, and the guide J, extending fromsaid ironing-roller downward along said clothed roller and into directand immediate proximity to the upper surface of said returndelivery-apron, substantially as shown and described.

16'. The combination, with the two clothed rollers, an ironing-rollerbetween and against the two clothed rollers, the guide F, applied tosaid ironing-roller, and the work receiving and feeding endless apronbelow said guide, of the guide J and the return delivery-apron I,substantially as set forth.

17. The combination, with the two clothed rollers, the twoironing-rollers, each between and against the two clothed rollers, theguides E and E, the guide F, and the work receiving and feeding endlessapron, of the guide J and the returning-apron I, substantially as setforth.

18. The combination, with the two clothed the two clothed rollers, theguide F, applied to the ironing-roller, the rollers H H ,and the workreceiving and feeding apron, of the guide J and the returning-apron I,substantially as set forth.

19. The combination of the two clothed rollers, the two ironing-rollers,each between and against the two clothed rollers, the guides E and E.the guide F, the rollers H H, the work receiving and feeding endlessapron, the guide J, and the returning-apron I, substantially asdescribed.

20. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with its frame, two clothedrollers arranged one over the other, their journal-boxes movable upwardand downward, and an ironing-roller between said clothed rollers andhaving stationary journal-bearings, of the levers N, applied to theboxes of said lower clothed roller, the rods 0, jointed to said levers,the rods 19, secured to the journal-boxes of said upper clothed rollerand weighted, and the operating-levers Q, having at one side of theirfulcrums short arms jointed to the rods 0 and at the opposite side ofsaid fulcrums long arms weighted and jointed loosely to the rods 12,substantially as described.

21. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with its frame, anironing-roller having stationary journal-bearings, a clothed rollerarranged above and a clothed roller arranged below said ironing-roller,and the journalboxes of said clothed rollers movable upward anddownward, of the levers N, applied to the j ournal-boxes of said lowerclothed roller, the rods 0, jointed to said levers, the rods 19, securedto the journal-boxes of said upper clothed roller and weighted, thelevers Q, having at one side of their fulcrums short arms jointed to therods 0 and at the opposite side of said fulcrums long arms weighted andjointed loosely to said rods 19, and the windlass connected to said longarms of the levers Q and furnished with a ratchet and pawl,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this 9th day of August, 1875.

THOMAS SHIRES WILES.

Witnesses:

AUsTIN FORD PARK, JAMES THORN GooDFELLow.

